Work package 3:
Identification and modelling of interactions between biodiversity, landscape diversity, management intensity, and the soil-water system

Leader of work package: José Gómez

Hypothesis

• Increase of vegetation cover and diversity (species and functional groups) in the vineyards reduces soil erosion risk and influences biodiversity based ecosystem services (e.g. pollination)
• Adaptive management reduces trade-offs and increases synergies between biodiversity, ecosystem services and wine production once they have been fine tuned to the specific conditions of the different study areas of the project

Tasks

Analysis of interactions and functional relationships between biodiversity, management intensity, and the soil-water system – plot scale
Leader: José Gómez

Development of a conceptual model – regional scale
Leader: Peter Strauss